Cellar lubricator



May 2, 1939- J. DE MATTEO 2,156,377

GELLAR LUBRICATOR Filed Aug. 17, 1957 INVENTOR.

BY ll 75E P 17E .MH Tifo.

I j ATTORNEYS.

Patented May 2, 1939 PATENT OFFCE GELLAR LUBRICAT OR Joseph De Matteo,

Application August 17,

Z Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in lubricators and has particular reference to lubrieating means for lubricating the journal bearings on railway engines, trucks, cars, and the like.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a novel arrangement of an interwoven pad or mat in the cellar to assure a positive continuous lubrication of the bearing, to further accomplish an unnecessary waste of the oil, and to effect an assembly whereby a long life is assured to the interwoven pads by a simple and economical method of ready interchangeability of the pads.

An additional object of the invention is to 15 so arrange the interwoven pads Within the cellar box, that the possibility of the axles or journals or the bearings being deprived of the necessary lubricant, will be deduced to a minimum, because by the utilization of my novel invention, a constant feeding of the lubricant to the mat is readily assured.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my bearing lubricator having a portion of the absorbent material removed;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the pad holder;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing the device in use;

Figs. 4 and 5 are top plan views of the interwoven pads or mats employed;

Fig. 6 is a sectional detail of the holder.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates an arcuate pad holder which is provided with perforations 6 therethrough and downwardly extending tubular members 'I and 8. These tubular members have cotter pins 9 which slide in slots II formed in posts I2 positioned on the bottom of the cellar box I3. Springs I4, mounted in the tubular members 1 and 8, tend to keep the parts in the position of Fig. 3 and San Francisco, Calif.

1937, Serial No. 159,577

(Cl. 30S- 88) with the lubricant, which, by capillary attraction, is conducted upwardly so that the pads A and B become entirely impregnated with the oil, which in turn is delivered to the shaft I8 and, consequently, to the bearing in which the shaft rotates.

It will be obvious that the pads can be readily reversed after a period of use, and thus by my unique arrangement of the pad construction, a longer life is assured to the pads than with any conventional method of which I am aware. It will thus be seen that when the pads or mats A and B are placed together, the fringed portions thereof may be interwoven and extended through the openings 6 in the pad holder which fringed portions securely hold these pads together and in place upon the said pad holder.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. In a device of the class' described capable of being inserted into a lubricant holding cellar box, of an arcuate pad holder positioned in said box and having perforations formed therein, supports for said holder arranged in said box .and comprising telescopic members having pins extending therethrough and supporting posts extending thereinto, slots formed in said posts to receive said pins, springs in said telescopic members and bearing against said posts, and interwoven pads mounted on said arcuate holder, said pads including fringed sections extending through the perforations in said holder and into the lubricant in said cellar box.

2. In a device of the class described capable of being inserted into a lubricant holding cellar box, of an arcuate pad holder positioned in said box and having perforations formed therein, spring controlled supports mounted in said box and resiliently supporting said holder, said supports comprising supporting posts having slots formed therein, telescopic sleeves affixed to said arcuate holder and carrying pins extending through said slots to limit the movement of said arcuate holder, and interwoven absorbent pads mounted on said .arcuate holder, said pads including fringed sections extending through the perforations in said holder, whereby said pads are held together against slippage.

JOSEPH DE MATTEO. 

